The Senate parliamentarian advised on Monday that Lee's controversial proposal to sell millions of acres of public land violated the chamber's rules.

Lee controversially proposed selling off millions of acres of federal land, or less than 1 percent of the federal government’s 640 million acres of land.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said on Tuesday he supports the aims of Sen. Mike Lee’s public lands proposal that has ignited national debate, but said previous versions of the legislation were too broad. Lee submitted more restrictive language for his initiative to make public lands available for private home development on Tuesday morning,